Which States are participating in CORSIA?

ICAO has decided to use a phased implementation for the CORSIA to accommodate the special circumstances and respective capabilities of States (SCRC), in particular developing States, while minimizing market distortion.

Pilot phase applies from 2021 through 2023 to States that have volunteered to participate in the scheme.

List of States that intend to volunteer in CORSIA from its outset as of 24 May 2017:

Albania

Guatemala

Poland

Armenia

Hungary

Portugal

Australia

Iceland

Qatar

Austria

Indonesia

Republic of Korea

Azerbaijan

Ireland

Republic of Moldova

Belgium

Israel

Romania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Italy

San Marino

Bulgaria

Japan

Serbia

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Singapore

Canada

Latvia

Slovakia

China

Lithuania

Slovenia

Costa Rica

Luxembourg

Spain

Croatia

Malaysia

Sweden

Cyprus

Malta

Switzerland

Czech Republic

Marshall Islands

Thailand

Denmark

Mexico

The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia

Estonia

Monaco

Turkey

Finland

Montenegro

Ukraine

France

Netherlands

United Arab Emirates

Georgia

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Germany

Norway

United States

Greece

Papua New Guinea

Zambia

Saudi Arabia

Gabon

El Salvador

First phase applies from 2024 through 2026 to States that voluntarily participate in the pilot phase, as well as any other States that volunteer to participate in this phase.

Second phase applies from 2027 through 2035 to all States that have an individual share of international aviation activities in RTKs in year 2018 above 0.5 per cent of total RTKs or whose cumulative share in the list of States from the highest to the lowest amount of RTKs reaches 90 per cent of total RTKs, except Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) unless they volunteer to participate in this phase.

List of States that will have to mandatorily participate in CORSIA in Second Phase not taking into account whether these States participated voluntarily in previous phases(based on last available international aviation activities in RTKs in year 2014):

Australia

Israel

Republic of Korea

Belgium

Italy

Russian Federation

Brazil

Japan

Saudi Arabia

Canada

Luxembourg

South Africa

Chile

Malaysia

Spain

China

Mexico

Switzerland

Finland

Netherlands

Thailand

France

New Zealand

Turkey

Germany

Norway

United Arab Emirates

India

Philippines

United Kingdom

Indonesia

Portugal

United States

Ireland

Qatar

List of all States to participate in the Second Phase (voluntarily or not):

VERIFAVIA provided CORSIA training to the airlines of Malaysia and to the personnel of the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) on 12 February 2019 at the CAAM head office in Putrajaya, Malaysia.